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Crisp Vegetables Serve as Centerpiece
(See recipes below)
Summer Vegetables
ARE YOU MAKING the most ot
your garden? There are so many
ways to serve vegetables, especially
if you have your own garden-fresh
variety on hand.
Os course, you can prepare them
with enchanting sauces, or toss them
crisp and icy into salads, but have
you ever thought of using them in
a centerpiece that can be eaten?
There's no disputing the fact that
radish roses, celery curls, cucumber
wheels and the like are very at
tractive. And that’s the thought of
many a smart homemaker who
whips these fancy, easy-to-make
vegetables into a centerpiece for
mealtime.
Fancy gew-gaws that have been
centerpiece standbys for too long
a time should be retired, as strictly
summer-style creations of fresh
vegetables put in their place will
give the family a combination eye
and appetite teaser. Try these tricks:
Radish Roses
Select firm, rather long radishes
with unwilted leaves. Wash thor
oughly and cut tops, leaving about
one inch of stem on each. With a
thin sharp knife, cut thin slices
lengthwise through the radish. Chill
in ice water.
Cucumber Wheels
Peel cucumber; using a foi’r-tined
fork, score the cucumber lengthwise,
then cut in thin slices. Chill in ice
water to crisp.
Carrot Curls
Wash and scrape tender young
carrots. Using an apple corer, shave
off thin pieces lengthwise. Curl each
piece around your finger and drop
into ice water.
Carrot Straws
Wash, scrape tender young car
rots and cut in eighths, then cut in
narrow strips about three inches
long. Cover with a damp cloth and
chill in refrigerator.
Cauliflower Flowerets
Wash carefully by running under
cold water; then separate raw cauli
flower into flowerets. Chill in st’‘’4
ice water until crisp.
Scallions
Wash well, trim green stalks. Peel
onion if skin is loose or shrivelled
and chill in ice water.
Celery Hearts
Wash celery carefully. Remove
outer stalk and save for salads or
use in cooking. Trim root and cut
into an oval shape. Cut through in
thirds or quarters. Crisp in ice
water.
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HERE ARE WAYS to prepare at
tractive platters of vegetables:
Platter I
Place cauliflower flowerets in one
corner of platter, against this the
carrot curls, then radish roses.
Around this one corner may be
placed in sections, the following
vegetables: Carrot strips, cucumber
wheels and celery hearts.
Platter II
Place well chilled ripe olives and
green stuffed olives in center of
large platter and separate these with
carrot strips and celery hearts. Di
vide rest of plate into four sections
and in each one place the following:
Tomato slices, cucumber wheels,
scallions and radish roses.
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COOKED VEGETABLES also may
be used for pretty platters. Each
vegetable should be cooked only
until it is tender, and ssrved at
once. Here’s a lovely platter which
may be used as a main dish:
LYNN SAYS:
Keep Kitchen Cool
During Hot Days
It’s best to do „.u main part of
the cooking early in the day before
it becomes so warm. For example,
roast meat or bake meat loaf in the
morning and serve cold for evening
meal.
Au gratin potatoes may be cooked,
the cheese melted in a hot sauce,
then mixed with potatoes, and the
whole dish heated for 15 minutes in
the oven.
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
•Vegetable Centerpiece
Sliced Roast Beef and Cheeses
Potatoes Au Gratin Toasted Rolls
Beverage Raspberry Pie
•Recipe Given
Cauliflower
Slivered Green Beans
Tomatoes stuffed with Com
Wash cauliflower and let stand
in salted water for one-half hour to
remove any insects. Cook in salted
water for 25 to 30 minutes. The to
matoes should be firm. Wash and
scoop out insides leaving the shell.
Fill this with seasoned kernel corn
to which has been added some
chopped green pepper. These should
be baked with just a little water in
the bottom of the pan. The green
beans should be washed carefully
and picked over for any hard ends,
then sliced lengthwise. They will
take 30 to 40 minutes to cook. The
cauliflower should be placed in the
center of the platter, then banked
with green beans, and the tomatoes
with the corn and green pepper are
placed around the green beans.
Serve with melted butter.
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ANOTHER PRETTY SUMMER
platter uses entirely different vege
tables but is very colorful:
Cabbage with Sliced Carrots
Lima Beans Fried Parsnips
Parboil a large head of cabbage
for 10 minutes. Remove all the in
side leaves, so that only a few of
the larger ones remain, leaving a
huge cup. This is filled with carrots
which have been sliced, or creamed
if preferred, and cooked for 20 min
utes. Sprinkle with parsley. Around
this place parsnips which have
cooked for seven to 15 minutes,
then fried until golden brown and
crisp in a buttered skillet. Lima
beans are shelled and placed around
that after cooking for 20 to 30 min
utes in boiling, salted water.
Another platter uses a combina
tion of colorful white, green, yellow
and red vegetables:
Creamed Potatoes
Carrot Strips Beets with Peas
The potatoes are cooked after
peeling, then cubed and creamed.
If they are small leave them whole.
The carrots are cleaned, cut in strips
and cooked just until tender, about
20 minutes. The Ueets are cooked
with skins, which are slipped off in
cold water after cooking. Scoop a
small hole in the beets and fill with
peas. Place the potatoes in the cen
ter of the platter, carrots around
those, and the beets and peas around
the carrots.
• • •
IF YOU HAVE a sectioned vegeta
ble dish, you may like to serve a
variety of sauces with your vege
tables. Here is a nice variety from
which to choose to add more snap
to vegetables:
Vinegar-Bacon Sauce
Simmer one-fourth cup minced
onion in one-fourth cup bacon drip
pings until tender but not brown.
Add one-fourth cup vinegar, one
and one-half teaspoons salt, one
eighth teaspoon pepper and one
eighth teaspoon sugar. Heat and
pour over green beans, brussels
sprouts, cabbage, kale or other
greens.
Cheese Sauce
Place one-half pound of processed
cheese in the top of a double boiler
and add one-half cup of milk as
soon as cheese melts. This is good
with potatoes, cauliflower and
broccoli.
Released by WNU Features
Prepare dinner during the early
morning hours so that it will be
crisp and cold when served. Cut
fruit or vegetables for salads, make
dessert and store in refrigerator
during the morning.
Many casserole dishes can be
cooked more quickly if partially
prepared on top of the range, thus
saving oven time.
Use refrigerator desserts, made
early in the day, which save time at
the last minute and which are re
freshing.
| FRUIT FOR THOUGHT
X .
This is the first in a series
1 of religious thoughts as pre
sented by the various Sum
merville pastors, who are
guest writers for The News.
By HENRY G. WALKER
Pastor, Summerville Methodist
Church
Someone has said that looking
on the bright side is worth a
thousand dollars a year. If this
be true, then I expect to raise
my salary this year by one thous
and dollars. There are two sides
|to everything in this world.
Whether we are optimist or pes
simists depends upon ourselves.
Someone has homorously difined
the difference between the op
timist and the pessimist by say
ing, “The optimist sees the
doughnut, the pessimist sees the
hole.”
, The habit of cheerfulness is a
possession; it is worth
■ cultivating. I hold that if sin is
I selfishness, religion is sunshine,
i Why shouldn’t the Christian be
happy? Paul says, “All things
arc yours.”
I like the phrase “Sons of
Light” “We are not children of
darkness, but children of the
I day.” It is the business of chil-
I dren of the day to turn darkness
into sunshine. Every Christian
ought to be a little factory where
sunshine is made.
We are sons of light, and we
ought to scatter sunshine. We
should do it for the effect upon
ourselves. Every man is the ar
biter of his own destiny. Whether
we are to be an inspiration, a
constructive force, an upbuilder
in life, depends upon ourselves.
We should be cheerful for the
sake of the effect upon ourselves.
Cheerfulness pays large divi
dends. There is no inheritance
that a young person should[
crave, should seek, should desire 1
to possess, like cheerfulness. If
you have inherited a sunny dis
position, it is worth a million
dollars to you. Get down on your
knees and thank God for it. Cul
tivate the habit of seeing the
bright side of life.
There is always a bright side,
and it is wonderful how quickly
you can find it when you really
start out to seek it. This is vast
ly important from the fact that
the best growths of the human
heart demands the sunshine of[
good cheer and hope in order to
come to their best.
A man once planted two rose
trees, one on either side of his
house. The trees were equally
strong and healthy; but after a
time the one grew and prospered
and the other withered and died.
The man discovered the living
rose-bush was an the sunny side
EASY DOES IT
Do your food dollars go as far
as you’d like, or are you guilty
of these food wastes in your own
home?
Tiny bits of leftover vegeta
bles belong not in the garbage
pail, but as garnish for soups;
chopped fine and added to sand
wich fillings; chopped and added
to hash, macaroni and cheese
or scrambled eggs.
Drippings from skillets will
clog drain pipes. When saved and
refrigerated, however, they may
be used for sauteeing vegetables,
French toast, eggs, meats and
fish. Use them also for seasoning
green beans, peas, lima beans,
scalloped potatoes or Spanish
rice.
Meat and poultry leftovers are
expensive to waste! Grind and
use bits for sandwich fillings,
hash or with macaroni, noodles
or rice.
Cubed meats, fish, and poultry
go well into salads or spaghetti
dishes.
Fruit juices make nice pud
dings sauces or fruit cocktails.
Extend with fresh citrus juice
and tint with vegetable coloring
if you’re a bit shy.
Outer lettuce leaves contain
more vitamins and minerals
than those inside. Don’t toss
them out; chop or tear and use
in a tossed fruit or vegetable
salad.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Sugar Buns
(Makes 36 Rolls)
2 cups soured cream
2 packages dry yeast
% cup sugar
4 cups flour
>4 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons salt
Butter and Sugar
Scald, then cool cream until
lukewarm. Place yeast in a bowl,
then add sugar and cream. Sift
flour with soda and salt. Add and
mix the ingredients well. Brush
with butter and let rise until
doubled in bulk. Knead lightly
for one minute Form into small
balls and place in buttered pan.
Brush with milk and sprinkle
with sugar. Let rise until light,
then bake in a hot (425° F.) oven
for 10 to 15 minutes.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS
of the house. The best manhood
and womanhood can only be de
veloped i n the sunshine o f
| Christian faith and hope. Rest
I assured that the best things in
1 your life will be dwarfed and
[ stunted forever if you give your
j self over to anxiety and worry.
I The best thoughts in the human
I heart cannot live and prosper
I without cheerfulness. A little
child was often observed playing
[by himself, laughing and sing
ling with delight. They ask him
I what he was playing with, and
the little fellow said I am play
[ing with the sunbeams. It would
[be better if some of us quit
dabbling with the clouds, and
learn how to play with the sun
j beams instead.
Here is some good philosophy
!we need to get: “If your face
j wants to smile, let it. If it doesn’t
[make it.
Don’t smile up your sleeve, use
i your face.
If you can’t smile, let some
body else.
The meanest man in the world
is the man who stole another
man’s smile.
The greatest thing in the world
is to make two smiles grow where |
one grew before.
“When a bit of sunshine hits ye,
After passing of a cloud
When a fit of laughter gits ye
An ye’r spine is feeling proud,
Don’t forgit to up and fling it
At a soul that’s feeling blue,
For the minute that you sling it
It’s a boomerang to you.
We ought to be sons of light
for our own sakes.
I believe with Margaret Sangs
ter that the best angels that we
have anything to do with, in
their power to comfort us and
inspire us, are those dear angels
who are disguised as men and
women, who walk the lowly
paths of human toil by our side.
Summerville
Silhouettes
Football season and it’s accom- .
panying good times and excite
ment is here at last, having been
blown in by a wild rush of breath
from old man North Wind.
We Americans find it very sat
isfying to dash in from work or
school, eat a good hot meal and
dress for “the game.”
What we dress IN has a great
deal to do with how much we
enjoy the game, because we cer
tainly can’t feel good if we don’t
look good. By looking “good” I
idon’t mean we have to look like
Lana Turner or Hedy Lamarr,
but we can all be neat and at
tractive with a little effort.
You’ll want a warm dress, of
[course, perhaps a wool one.
Charles Esserman and Company
ihas a rack just packed full of
DARLING wool plaids, solids,
checks and stripes. Plaids are
both pastel and bold.
If you plan to go to an “after
the-game” dance, this solid aqua
dress with it’s pretty gold buttons
[and simple style will be just the
I thing.
Cute ’n different is the pastel
plaid with laced up sleeves of
same material as dress. And yes,
there’s lacing at the neck too.
See it, won’t you?
You’ll go daffy over the pretty,
' pretty solid wool which comes
in pink and beige with it’s gold
braid trim flaps at the waist. It’s
perfectly simple with the cowl
neckline and cape sleeves plus
a pretty, flaring skirt.
There are many dressy dresses
and among the prettiest is the
i jet black two-piece with it’s
abundant fringe on the jacket.
The stand-out peplum with the
double rows of fringe all around,
top a prissy cocktail skirt.
News flash:—Zim suits have
arrived at Esserman’s! They’re
only $24.95, and come in such
luscious colors as red, grey,
green, brown and black. There
are about four styles to choose
from, so hurry and get yours be
fore they’re gone.
Another line I haven’t told you
about is the tailored casual line
by Frances Dexter. There are
pretty crepes that “go any
where” considering thier simple
ornaments and good lines.
Get your new coat in time to
wear to one or two of the last
games (bet you’ll need it), and be
sure to look at Esserman’s before
you decide. They’re Jaunty Jun
ior, Mary Lanes and Bixby Halls,
all in the latest * colors and
prettiest styles.
MARYmOGAN
TO EDIT FACfi
Miss Mary Jo Logan has been
promoted to editor of the Trion
Facts, due to the recent promo
tion of the former editor, C. B.
Pricker. For the past two years,
Miss Logan has been a member
of the Personnel Department of
the Trion Division of Riegel Tex-
Louisa's Letter
Dear Louisa:
Will you please tell me what
to do in a situation such as this.
I am getting the same amount
of money to run my house on as
I have been getting for several
years. It was just barely enough
at the time we agreed on the
amount, but you can imagine my
predicament now with food and
clothes so much higher? My
husband says that he can allow
me no more, but whenever I cut
down to very plain food I face
a storm of criticism from the
entire family.
Consequently, the money that
should go to pay for my clothes
and extra things needed around
the house goes for food and then
these other bills pile up on me
until I am hopelessly in debt.
What can I do? The whole
mess is very unpleasant.
HOUSEWIFE N. Y.
Do as a friend of mine once
said she did Allow so much
for all your needs every week
and put those amounts in sep
arate boxes. If you are allowed
two dollars a day for food, spend
that and no more. This woman,
I recall, once reached a Satur
day with only ten cents left. She
bought a can of pork and beans
and that was what they had for [
dinner. There are lots of things
we buy that we could do without
and if you see that your family
has plenty of good, nourishing
food it need not be so fancy.
The cheaper cuts of meat are
just as nourishing as the more
expensive kind and, if they are
cooked properly, can be very
tasty. Whole milk is a complete
food with lots of calories. Dried
peas and beans and cheese can
pinch-hit for meat but don’t
forget to serve plenty of green
and yellow vegetables. The vita
mins you get from them and
from oranges and tomatoes have
lots to do with keeping you|
healthy, especially your nerves,
teeth, eyes and stomach is good
condition. Try to buy the fresh
fruits and vegetables which are
In season and they won’t cost
so muct.
Just remind the family when
they demand luxuries that they
can’t have their cake and eat
it ,too.
t LOUISA.
tile Corporation.
Miss Logan is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Logan of near I
Trion. She graduated from Trion I
High School in 1943 and from
Freed-Hardeman College at Hen
derson, Tennessee in 1945. She
also received training of a jour
nalistic background at Georgia
Evening College, an extension of
the University of Georgia in
Atlanta.
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Certain to please your particular
young lady is this adorable yoked
dress that’s so suitable for either
classroom or party wear. A tiny
belt goes around from each side and
ties saucily in back.
Pattern No. 8122 is for sizes 4,6,
8, 10 and 12 years. Size 6,2% yards
of 35 or 39-inch; 1 yard purchased
ruffling.
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Name of paper
Pattern NoSize
Send 20 cents tn coin (for
each pattern desired) to—
Patricia Dow Patterns
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Woman s World
Many Attractive Gift Items
Can Be Produced at Home
By Ertta Haley
Even though the holidays have
not arrived, many of us find
that there are gifts of all types that
have to be given throughout the
year. If we had to buy all these
things, it would run our budgets
beyond their limits.
If we sew, and many of these nice
gifts really need little sewing skill,
shower gifts, wedding presents or
“bread and butter presents,” gifts
for convalescents and many other
remembrances can be made with
very little expense.
It’s a good idea to keep some of
these on hand for just such occa
sions. Sew on them in your odd mo
ments, and you always will have
something ready as a present when
the occasion arises.
In some communities, it’s nice to
give new neighbors something in the
nature of a house-warming present
when they move in. For such oc
casions, bathroom shower and cur
tain sets are lovely, and so are such
small household items as pot hold
ers, a set of guest or kitchen towels,
or doilies.
For new homemakers, any one of
the above mentioned items is wel
come, but you can add to the list
hostess aprons, small tablecloth sets
or kitchen curtains.
For the convalescent, there are
handkerchiefs, scarfs or household
items. Little girls would enjoy hair
bows or clothes for their dolls.
Make Hostess Apron
From Handkerchiefs
Clever little hostess aprons that
will delight any homemaker can be
made beautifully and economically
from Irish linen handkerchiefs, thet
kind that has double and triple rows
of spoking just inside the narrow
hems. These handkerchiefs usually
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Hostess aprons are nice gifts . ..
sell for less than half a dollar each
so you see the apron can be made
for little money.
Three handkerchiefs make a good
sized apron. Use a whole one for
the front of the apron. Cut the sec
ond one in half crosswise, and gather
the two pieces into a ruffle across
the bottom. If you want a narrower
ruffle than this makes, trim off the
desired amount before gathering.
Now cut the third handkerchief
diagonally across the two triangles
to make side flanges on the apron.
Attach cut edge to the center of
apron, beginning at the bottom cor
ner of ruffle. This bias cut will ex
tend a little above the top edge of
the apron. Lap this extension back;
lay pleat in flange; fold under cen
ter section and tack in place.
Finish the apron with two-tone
grosgrain ribbon ties. Three yards
of each color will be sufficient to
carry around the waist and back, to
tie in a flowing bow at the side of
the front, with enough left over for
a pert bow to fasten at the top of
the ruffle.
There are just three seams to sew
since the hemming is all done and
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And so are shower sets
the hemstitched spoking takes the
place of embroidery or other trim
ming.
There need be no worry about
spilling tomato juice or sizzling but
ter on an apron of this kind because
the Irish linen can be rubbed and
boiled, if necessary to remove a
stain. Washings always make it
whiter than new. When pressed with
a hot iron, the apron will be as crisp
as frost.
Make Colorful Gifts
From Plastic Cloth
If you want to make bathroom
shower and curtain sets or a skirt
for a dressing table, you may want
to choose some of the colorful plas
tics to match the home.
Choose a cool day on which to
do the sewing so the fabric will not
be sticky, and if it tends to warm
while you work, dust lightly with
talcum powder.
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All prettied for her party, this
cautious hostess dons a pert, be
ribboned apron to protect her
dress while she serves each place
to make ready for her guests.
Crisp, white and dainty, this apron
can be made easily out of three
Irish linen handkerchiefs.
Make the shower curtains a gen
erous size, and don’t forget to sew
the large round buttonholes at the
top so that they can be attached to
hooks. The usual size of the bath
room shower curtain is six feet
square.
Bathroom curtains may be either
regular window size or smaller de
pending upon the size of the win
dow. It’s best to take measurements
on this if you can so that the cur
tains will fit properly.
A beautiful dressing table skirt
also may be made from these plas
tics, with a ruffle at the top as well
as at the bottom. Most of these
skirts are regulation size, and the
skirt usually does not come together
at the back. This is left to be ad
justed according to size of the table.
Some of the printed plastics also
may be seamed to be used as picnic
or kitchen tablecloths. Some women
use the white ones for placing over
the top of their regular cloth to
save it. No matter to what use you
put the plastic, be it tablecloth,
curtain or dressing table skirt, you
may be certain of its easy clean
ability. A damp cloth wiping makes
it fresh and new.
Towels Are Always
A Welcome Present
Have you noticed how frequently
you can pick up pieces of gay kitch
en toweling at a real saving? Pick
some up, put two hems in the yard
long towels either by hand or ma
chine and give them in sets of two
to six to any homemaker or bride.
Towels are a real necessity and peo
ple always welcome them.
Small pieces of broadcloth and
percale, linen or poplin are nice to
use for hand towels. These may be
trimmed with embroidery after you
have used a transfer pattern as
your guide; they may be initialed or
monogrammed. If you don’t have
the time for fancy work, hem them
by hand and box them nicely for
gifts.
Turkish toweling also may be pur
chased by the yard to make those
large luxurious towels that are a
wonderful gift You may hem these,
then monogram or applique trim
them as you see fit.
For famihes who like swimming
and camping, there is nothing nicer
than a set of oversized Turkish
towels that can be used on the
beach or picnics for lounging, for
sunbathing as well as for drying.
Turkish toweling also finds good
use in drawstring beach bags which
are so practical for carrying equip
ment to the beach or picnics. Pick
some gaily striped material for this
purpose.
Be Smart!
Have your swim or play suit
and your petticoat too. for the
young-in-figure with a combina
tion of gay plaid gingham with a
swoosh of eyelet embroidery! It’s
part of a rather pronounced a. d
very becoming trend toward
achievement of beauty and femi
ninity slog with utility in swim
suits.